george is 190 in shape when not preparing for a specific fight. that is his weight.

based on the fact that anderson is weighing in under 205 for his LHW fights, he is not much bigger than that. perhaps 210, when in shape between fights.

jones seems to be 230 or so.

so, the gap between gsp and anderson is around the same as anderson vs jones - around 20 pounds. given that anderson has made 170 (168, actually), and the prospect of jones making a lower weight is laughable, i think it is reasonable to conclude that anderson/GSP is a closer matchup weight wise than anderson/jones.

george is 190 in shape when not preparing for a specific fight. that is his weight.

based on the fact that anderson is weighing in under 205 for his LHW fights, he is not much bigger than that. perhaps 210, when in shape between fights.

jones seems to be 230 or so.

so, the gap between gsp and anderson is around the same as anderson vs jones - around 20 pounds. given that anderson has made 170 (168, actually), and the prospect of jones making a lower weight is laughable, i think it is reasonable to conclude that anderson/GSP is a closer matchup weight wise than anderson/jones.

i will be happy to take either.

He looks about as big as most of Jones previous opponents. Put A pic of Jones next to Sonnen, Machida, Rampage, Rashad and Jones looks way bigger. Put those same guys next to A Silva they are the same size. Put GSP next to A. Silva and he towers over GSP. Silva and Jones are much closer in size then Silva GSP. Look at Silva when he fought Bonnar or Griffen, both are Huge LHW and he did not look much smaller than them.

height and size are not the same thing. jones is a very big LHW. anderson is a big MW but not ridiculously so. you KNOW this because he fought at 168 as a grown ass man. he was 174 - 11 pounds under MW limit, THE SAME YEAR he debuted in the UFC against leben.

anderson could have been a WW in the UFC all along. the opportunity was at MW, and his body is more suited to that division.

at a minimum, anderson could meet georges 1/2 way, and jones could NOT meet anderson 1/2 way. this is what matters, not how they look to you.

dabigchet - height and size are not the same thing. jones is a very big LHW. anderson is a big MW but not ridiculously so. you KNOW this because he fought at 168 as a grown ass man. he was 174 - 11 pounds under MW limit, THE SAME YEAR he debuted in the UFC against leben.

anderson could have been a WW in the UFC all along. the opportunity was at MW, and his body is more suited to that division.

at a minimum, anderson could meet georges 1/2 way, and jones could NOT meet anderson 1/2 way. this is what matters, not how they look to you.

george is 190 in shape when not preparing for a specific fight. that is his weight.

based on the fact that anderson is weighing in under 205 for his LHW fights, he is not much bigger than that. perhaps 210, when in shape between fights.

jones seems to be 230 or so.

so, the gap between gsp and anderson is around the same as anderson vs jones - around 20 pounds. given that anderson has made 170 (168, actually), and the prospect of jones making a lower weight is laughable, i think it is reasonable to conclude that anderson/GSP is a closer matchup weight wise than anderson/jones.

i will be happy to take either.

He looks about as big as most of Jones previous opponents. Put A pic of Jones next to Sonnen, Machida, Rampage, Rashad and Jones looks way bigger. Put those same guys next to A Silva they are the same size. Put GSP next to A. Silva and he towers over GSP. Silva and Jones are much closer in size then Silva GSP. Look at Silva when he fought Bonnar or Griffen, both are Huge LHW and he did not look much smaller than them.

Yes lets look at pictures and ignore actual facts....great logic.

Sonnen was -210-215 against Anderson, and Anderson was 198. Both according to their dieticians. (Dolce actually said 217 but I'm subtracting a little because he is marketing himself)

Who gives a shit about size anyway? Gray Maybard clearly outwieghed Frankie Edgar by at least 25 lbs when they fought and no one said shit and no excuses were made by either side.

GSP doesn't want anything to do with Anderson. So if AS wants a super fight it has to be with JBJ. We can talk and argue about weight as much as we want, but the fact remains is that AS has fought at LHW AND done so successfully. There's no reason to believe he couldn't hold his own against JBJ.

george is 190 in shape when not preparing for a specific fight. that is his weight.

based on the fact that anderson is weighing in under 205 for his LHW fights, he is not much bigger than that. perhaps 210, when in shape between fights.

jones seems to be 230 or so.

so, the gap between gsp and anderson is around the same as anderson vs jones - around 20 pounds. given that anderson has made 170 (168, actually), and the prospect of jones making a lower weight is laughable, i think it is reasonable to conclude that anderson/GSP is a closer matchup weight wise than anderson/jones.

i will be happy to take either.

I agree with this and I don't see Anderson using his weight to really beat GSP since he is a striker. But Jones definitely would use his against Anderson since wrestling is such a big part of his game.

As much as I wanna see Jones vs Silva I don't think it would be as close of a fight as gsp vs silva.

Unfortunately neither of the smaller guys wanna face the larger opponent. The gsp one makes more sense though.

george is 190 in shape when not preparing for a specific fight. that is his weight.

based on the fact that anderson is weighing in under 205 for his LHW fights, he is not much bigger than that. perhaps 210, when in shape between fights.

jones seems to be 230 or so.

so, the gap between gsp and anderson is around the same as anderson vs jones - around 20 pounds. given that anderson has made 170 (168, actually), and the prospect of jones making a lower weight is laughable, i think it is reasonable to conclude that anderson/GSP is a closer matchup weight wise than anderson/jones.

i will be happy to take either.

He looks about as big as most of Jones previous opponents. Put A pic of Jones next to Sonnen, Machida, Rampage, Rashad and Jones looks way bigger. Put those same guys next to A Silva they are the same size. Put GSP next to A. Silva and he towers over GSP. Silva and Jones are much closer in size then Silva GSP. Look at Silva when he fought Bonnar or Griffen, both are Huge LHW and he did not look much smaller than them.

Yes lets look at pictures and ignore actual facts....great logic.

Sonnen was -210-215 against Anderson, and Anderson was 198. Both according to their dieticians. (Dolce actually said 217 but I'm subtracting a little because he is marketing himself)

You are not comparing size. You are comparing weight. We are talking about size, how big is one of the guys compared to the other. Silva would try to use his size against the much smaller GSP. Even if GSP gained weight and weighed the same as Silva, Anderson would be the bigger guy. Silva Vs Jones is not as big a size difference as Silva GSP. Yes Jones is a bit taller and heavier. But so was Bonnar and Griffen and look what happened there.

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